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On 10/1/2017 at 14:36, S00perb said:
How can this guy be unsackable? If he is untouchable he may as well be the next PM - it will be good for a laugh anyway;
<for the guitarists - check which side of the capo he seems to think his hand belongs!>
IMHO the capo improved his performance: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2013/mar/27/boris-johnson-busks-underground-misha-b-video (before/after)
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Sorry to hear about your plight. As I understand it, allergic reactions to epidural anesthetics are rare, but you must have been among the few unlucky ones. I've had spinal anesthesia twice (removing bladder tumours) without any issues beside a mild but persistent headache for two days. So in most cases it can be preferable to general anesthesia, which isn't without risks. And feeling your lower half disappear is a fascinating experience.
Glad to hear you're on the mend
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On 2017-08-04 at 12:27, Aspman said:
Tromso was/is going to be my place to try. Not too expensive to get to from Aberdeen.
Tromsø is a cute little town, and while waiting for the northern light you may try a decent lager from the world's northernmost large-scale brewery, Mack.
Marvellous fish dishes (cod, haddock, turbot...) in terribly expensive restaurants.
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Visited Iceland back in 2007. The Blue Lagoon is definitely worth a visit. The landscape is in itself so impressive that some kind of bus excursion outside Reykjavik (in daylight) will stay in your memory. The "Golden Circle" is one of many alternatives.
Don't forget to buy a bottle of Iceland Moss Schnapps at the airport on your way back.
And maybe you'll enjoy one or two of the ancient Icelandic sagas, see http://sagadb.org/index_az I recommend the Story of Burnt Njál (Brennu-Njáls Saga) or the Laxdaela Saga. What's truly amazing about Iceland is that one can still visit farmsteads where people in the sagas lived 1,000 years ago,
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Jusr finished watching episode 9. It's an effing masterpiece! Can't remember when I last saw a TV series of such quality (although River with Nicola Walker and Stellan Skarsgård, comes close). Thanks to, not least, David Thewlis. What a tribute to UK his Mr. Varga brings. Five stars and then some.
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On 2017-06-14 at 23:17, CWARD said:
When did nationalising industries become centrist.
1970's (British Leyland)? Or, if you include nationalising of services, the 1940's (British Railways). Neither Wilson nor Attlee can be characterised as die-hard revolutionaries.
It's odd how much of what was centrist policy just a generation ago now is described as being extreme leftwing while what was once considered as absurd - e.g. privatisation of the Royal Mail, the British Railways, or public water authorities - is now seen as perfectly normal.
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No one can deny that the White Album contains some marvellous tunes. Still, IMHO the Beatles peaked in 1967: Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane (February), Sgt. Pepper's (June), and (last but not least) Magical Mystery Tour (December). But Revolver (1966) wasn't bad either, nor was Abbey Road.
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...release date 01/06/1967.
So blow the dust off your old vinyl disc, or tune in on last.fm or spotify or wherever.
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^^ It cheers me up to find that I'm not the only Briskodian old enough to remember 10cc
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18 minutes ago, Ryeman said:
Maybe he didn't ring the next day, or the next day, or the day after that either.
You could say 'they got around to it' in their own time.
Men are guilty until proven innocent...........in the twittersphere at least.
And rape victims have only themselves to blame.......when cross-examined in the courtroom at least.
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1 hour ago, Ryeman said:
What was the period between the alleged act and the complaint?.
The rape allegedly occured night between 16 and 17 August 2011, complaint made 20 August.
The other case (sexual assault, where the statute of limitations expired in 2015) allegedly occured night between 13 and 14 August, complaint made 20 August.
The fact that both complainants went to the police the same day (albeit in different cities) would of course be seen by some as proof that the whole story is made up by FBI, CIA, the Global Feminist Conspiracy or whatever.
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59 minutes ago, Aspman said:
It's probably underdtanable that he didn't think he'd get a particularly fair trial for anything, after all he's been releasing embarrassing secrets about major western powers for years. I think he was willing to go back to Swedent to face the rape charges, it was extradition to the USA that he was apparently worried about.
But also he clearly is an attention seeker that enjoys being the story. I know he comes across as a crusading hero to some, I think many more think he's a ****er.
Or maybe he waved the "extradition to US" flag because he worried about a rape trial that could be a massive blow to his (self-)image. From his earlier comments it seems as if he thinks that sex with Julian Assange can never be non-consensual.
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Brilliant comment in today's NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/opinion/sunday/4-year-olds-children-trump-gopnik.html
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Hmmm... I wonder if a Linux install (LiveUSB) could do the trick, allowing you to access the drive and wipe it. Or why not replace the OSX with a Linux distro? One must admit that MacBooks look smart, and with a decent OS they might even be useful...
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1 hour ago, SkodaVRS1963 said:
Yes, it always puzzled me why the Swedish authorities didn't simply give him a cast-iron guarantee that if he returned there to face the rape allegations that they wouldn't extradite him.
What authorities? The Swedish CPS cannot give any guarantees, since extradition is a matter not for them but for the Swedish Government/Department of Justice. Correspondingly, Government won't give any guarantees concerning CPS investigations, that would be unconstitutional meddling (Sweden, as other Scandinavian states, are a bit odd in that respect - state authorities such as the CPS have a high degree of autonomy and do not take orders from ministers or departments. "Ministerial ruling" is about the worst offence a Swedish cabinet minister could commit).
Maybe we all should put our tin foil hats away till we really need them?
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6 hours ago, skomaz said:
I've tried Dolphin and Firefox but ditched both and reverted to Opera for android devices and Chrome for MS devices.
Any thoughts as to how Puffin or Pale Moon stack up against Opera???
My OP praising Pale Moon was written with desktops/laptops in mind. Haven't tried it on my android phone, the GUI lacks what I want, e.g. opportunity to organise speed dial buttons as in opera or dolphin.
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12 hours ago, camelspyyder said:
I have struggled with FF on some Android devices, in fact the latest tablet I have been given is awful with FF, Chrome or the default browser, all of them horribly laggy, especially on graphic heavy sales sites.
Step forward Puffin Browser... at least 10 times faster since it mostly works in the cloud.
It stopped me lobbing the tablet in the bin (or more likely on ebay).
I agree that the optimal browser for android is still missing. Tried a bunch: Puffin, Boat, Lightning, FF... right now I stand as Buridan's donkey between Dolphin and Opera. What I want is speed dial, opportunity to sort bookmarks after my own liking, bugfree and fast. Still waiting for it.
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Comments on Saturday's ESC, that is.
That the Swedish commercial for some low-end menswear chain didn't make top 3 was a huge relief. As was Spain's result. Romania's contribution was great and should have won.
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...from the Pale Moon.
Being one of those tiresome old gits that always complain when updates result in new GUIs and unwanted and pointless extras, I've ditched Firefox (after 15 years) and switched to Pale Moon, which basically is FF as it used to be (from the user's view, that is. Under the hood it's different). And it still supports npapi plugins, e.g. the plugin for .djvu files which I often use. The 32 bit version also supports Java (for those few websites that still requires it).
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19 hours ago, CWARD said:
Marine Le Pen, even though coming second with 34.5% of the vote has won. Macron now needs to deliver on promise of new politics breaking away from the establishment of the political elite and bringing change within the EU. That is one hell of a promise to deliver on. Failure will see a massive move to the right on the next elections as the public see that they've been lied to again with more of the same. The ball is in Macron's court.
Yup, if Macron can't deliver, Mme Le Pen (or her niece, Marion Maréchal Le Pen) will be back in 2022. Always readable Timothy Garton Ash discusses this in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/07/french-presidency-macron-reprieve-france-eu
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A looong text (but worth reading IMHO) where one frog-eater (Macron) and two krauts (Sigmar Gabriel, Jürgen Habermas) give their opinion on the challenges Europe (not "Europe", but all European contries and all of us who live in Europe) faces right now:
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17 minutes ago, Ryeman said:
".....we" is the point rather than some.
But it mustn't be forgotten that there are those who for various reasons fall right through the meshes of the safety net. And the income gap has widened considerately the last 20 years, as has segregation. The gig economy hasn't spread much - yet - but one never knows what the future might bring.
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4 hours ago, Ryeman said:
I'm surprised the Nordic countries manage to get by INSPITE of their seeming lack of exclusive private schools and health care.
How can they possibly be relatively happy?.
Govt. puts tranquilizers in our drinkwater reservoirs
(Warning: Alternative fact!)
Income tax on average salaries: 25 %, more or less
VAT 25 % (less on food)
Taxes on booze, baccy, petrol/diesel (but it's pretty much the same levels in the UK)
Flip side: no fees in higher education, pre-school fees £150/month
Our NHS system has more or less the same advantages and drawbacks as yours.
No paradise, but we manage.
Eurovision
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Posted · Edited by swedishskoda
Bah, you Britons don't know how to make the most of this kind of events. Here in Sweden we spend six Saturdays of prime time only to decide who to put forward: 4 evenings for picking two songs for a 2nd chance qualifying evening and two for the grande finale.
The cost for all this means that we have to watch cheap programs showing life in the Norwegian countryside for the rest of the year.
SuRie might do quite well in Lisbon.